Yet another round of cold temperature and winter precipitation could combine to make driving hazardous by mid-week, the National Weather Service is reporting.

Rain that began today will continue through Tuesday and freezing is possible Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, said Roger Erickson, warning coordinator meteorologist with the weather service in Lake Charles, La.

Ice could form on elevated roads and bridges by Tuesday night and into Wednesday as the temperature drops below freezing.

For East Texas and central Louisiana, a winter weather advisory for freezing rain is in effect from 3 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Erickson said.

If temperatures do not warm up during the day Tuesday, this event could continue throughout the day, resulting in a worst-case scenario ice storm, he said.

For Southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana, rain is expected today and Tuesday, temperature above freezing. By early Wednesday morning, temperature will be around freezing, so any rain that is falling could freeze on contact, causing some problems early Wednesday morning on elevated roads and bridges, Erickson said.